Madhya Pradesh police book TMC MP Mahua Moitra over comments on Goddess Kali
Bhopal, July 06: Police in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday registered a case against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over her remark about Goddess Kaali.
The First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the crime branch in state capital Bhopal under section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (outraging religious feelings), an official said.
"Moitra's
statement
has
hurt
religious
feelings
of
Hindus.
We
will
not
tolerate
disrespect
to
any
Hindu
Gods
and
Goddesses
at
any
cost," said
Chief
Minister
Shivraj
Singh
Chouhan
in
a
statement.
Moitra
on
Tuesday
stirred
a
controversy
with
her
remarks
that
she
has
every
right
as
"an
individual
to
imagine
Goddess
Kaali
as
a
meat-eating
and
alcohol-accepting
goddess",
as
every
person
has
the
right
to
worship
god
and
goddess
in
his
or
her
own
way.
While the BJP severely criticised her, her party, TMC, distanced itself from the comment and condemned it.
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